squirrel away
"squirrel-away" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“squirrel away” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | squirrel away |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “squirrel away” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for squirrel away is 13 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "To stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for squirrel away, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Suggesting the way that squirrels hide nuts in a cache. The correct English form is squirrel away, spelled S-Q-U-I-R-R-E-L- -A-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1To stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply.
Etymology
Suggesting the way that squirrels hide nuts in a cache.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “squirrel away”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-Q-U-I-R-R-E-L- -A-W-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.